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March 28, 1968 ~ February 10, 2018
Traci died after a valiant battle with cancer, She never quit fighting and had the most courageous attitude.
Traci was a loving mother to her three boys: Bryce, Brennan, and Brooks. Beloved wife to husband, David. Daughter of Doug and Bonnie Wright. Sister to Sondra (Bernie) Carter, and Brett (Erica) Wright.
Traci worked at O.C. Tanner for over 20 years. She leaves behind so many friends and will be dearly missed by all that knew her.
A viewing will be held at Russon Brothers Mortuary in Farmington, Utah, February 15, 2018, from 6 to 8 p.m. and a funeral service will be held February 16, 2018, LDS Chapel, 500 S. Main St., Kaysville, Utah, at 11 a.m. Viewing prior from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
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A quick reference guide to get you going with Angular development. It uses Angular v4 with TypeScript.
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Developers working on large scale enterprise applications often have doubts about the selection of Storage services and SQL Azure under certain cases. The doubts are usually around requirements where you want to store binary contents like Images, PDF etc. and other docs in a persistent and transactional data store, along with its information. For e.g. if a customer applied for a loan online, then all documents and customer information should be saved in the transactional database. But the problem is that because of the size of the document, the database ends up consuming a lot of space. Another requirement is to fetch data using a single fetch operation and at the same time, also follow some guidelines on the use of Azure for such scenarios.
For requirements as described above, I usually suggest the use of SQL Azure for storing customer information and Blob storage for binary file storage. In this article, I will highlight some guidelines to follow in similar scenarios. I have created a scenario where on SQL Azure, I have the following Table for storing Image data. This table stores image information e.g. Create By, Created Data and Image Name, but the actual Image is stored using Blob Storage. Make sure you read my article on Simple .NET Database Programming using SQL Azure to understand some basics
The Architecture of the application is as shown below:
The client application stores the Image information in the Database server and the actual Image is uploaded to the BLOB.
Designing the Application
Step 1: Open VS2010 and create new Cloud project of the type ASP.NET Web Role. Name it as 'Cloud_Effective_Storage'.
Step 2: In the ASP.NET project, add a new WebForm, name it as 'Page_SaveData.aspx'. Design the WebForm as shown below:
The ImageName is a File Upload Control. Since the Blob requires blob container, the button 'Create Container' event creates container for the blobs.
Step 3: Open the code-behind file and declare the following objects at Page class level:
SqlConnection Conn;List<ImageInfo> Images;
Write the following code in the Page_load event. This code reads the cloud configuration and defines an instance of the sql connection which connects to sql-azure as shown below:
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e){ Conn = new SqlConnection("Server=tcp:[MyServer].database.windows.net,1433; Database=Company;User ID=[myuser@MyServer];Password=[MyPassword]; Trusted_Connection=False;Encrypt=True;Connection Timeout=30"); Images = new List<ImageInfo>(); if (this.IsPostBack == false) { //Informs that Read the Configuration form .csdef CloudStorageAccount.SetConfigurationSettingPublisher((configName, configSetter) => { configSetter(RoleEnvironment.GetConfigurationSettingValue(configName)); }); }}
Note: Values in '[]' are placeholders.
Step 4: Now a major task here is to upload the image in the blob. To perform this task, we need to create a Blob using CloudStorageAccount as shown below:
/// <summary>/// Helper method to create Blob Storage if it is not present /// </summary>void CreateBlobIfNotExist(){ //S1: Read the Development Storage CloudStorageAccount account = CloudStorageAccount.FromConfigurationSetting("DataConnectionString"); //S2: Create a Blob Client CloudBlobClient blobClient = account.CreateCloudBlobClient(); //S3: Get the reference to the Container CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("imagesstore"); //S4:Create a Container container.Create();
The above code uses the DataConnectionString from the configuration file. This represents the Storage to be used to store the blob. Call the above helper method on the Click event of the 'Create Container' button:
protected void btncreatecontainer_Click(object sender, EventArgs e){ //Call to Create Blob CreateBlobIfNotExist();}
/// <summary>/// Helper Method to Upload Image into Blob/// </summary>bool UploadImageToBlob(){ bool Uploaded = false; try { //S1: Read the Local Development Storage CloudStorageAccount account = CloudStorageAccount.FromConfigurationSetting("DataConnectionString"); //S2: Create a Blob Client CloudBlobClient blobClient = account.CreateCloudBlobClient(); //S3: Get the reference to the Container CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("imagesstore"); //S4:Get the Blob Reference by Reading the FileName from the File Upload Control var blob = container.GetBlobReference(fileimg.PostedFile.FileName); ViewState["BlobName"] = fileimg.PostedFile.FileName; //To Avoide deplicate entry in Blob Get All Blobs var blobs = container.ListBlobs(); if (blobs.Count() > 0) { foreach (var b in blobs) { if (b.Uri == blob.Uri) { lblInfo.Text = "The File is Already Present So cannot Add more"; Uploaded = false; } } } else { // blob.Properties.ContentType = fileimg.PostedFile.ContentType; //S5: Upload the File as ByteArray blob.UploadFromStream(fileimg.FileContent); Uploaded = true; } } catch (Exception ex) { lblInfo.Text = ex.Message; } return Uploaded;}
The above method first checks whether the file to be posted is already present in the container, if yes then it will not be uploaded. If the file is not present in the container, then it is uploaded. If the upload is successful, then the method returns true. The significance of this method is that if the upload is successful, only then the related information of the file will be saved in SQL Azure.
Step 6: Add the class in the code-behind. This class is used to store information of the image when it needs to be displayed in the GridView:
public class ImageInfo{ public int ID { get; set; } public string ImageCreatedBy { get; set; } public DateTime ImageCreatedDate { get; set; } public Uri ImageUri { get; set; }}
Step 7: Write the following helper method to read information of the uploaded blob from Blob and from the SQL Azure Database
/// <summary>/// Helper Method to Get Blob Data from Cloud/// </summary>void GetInfoFromSqlAzureAndBlob(){ try { //S1: Read the Local Development Storage CloudStorageAccount account = CloudStorageAccount.FromConfigurationSetting("DataConnectionString"); //S2: Create a Blob Client CloudBlobClient blobClient = account.CreateCloudBlobClient(); //S3: Get the reference to the Container CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("imagesstore");
//Set the Permission at Container Level for Public Access //So that the data storeg inside it can be accessed publically var permission = container.GetPermissions(); permission.PublicAccess = BlobContainerPublicAccessType.Container; container.SetPermissions(permission);
//First store Data in Sql Server SqlCommand Cmd = new SqlCommand(); Conn.Open(); Cmd.Connection = Conn; Cmd.CommandText = "Select * from ImageInfo";
SqlDataReader Reader = Cmd.ExecuteReader(); int i = 0; var BlobData = container.ListBlobs().ToArray(); while ((Reader.Read())) { ImageInfo imgInfo = new ImageInfo();
imgInfo.ID = Convert.ToInt32(Reader["ID"]); imgInfo.ImageCreatedBy = Reader["ImageCreatedBy"].ToString(); imgInfo.ImageCreatedDate = Convert.ToDateTime(Reader["ImageCreatedDate"]); imgInfo.ImageUri = BlobData[i].Uri;
Images.Add(imgInfo); i = i + 1; if (i == BlobData.Count()) { break; }
} Reader.Close();
//S4: List All Blobs Available in the Container gdvImageData.DataSource = Images; gdvImageData.DataBind(); } catch (Exception ex) { lblInfo.Text = ex.Message; }}
Step 8: Write the following code in the click event of the 'Upload File' button:
protected void btnUploadFile_Click(object sender, EventArgs e){ try { //First Check if the Upload is successfull if (UploadImageToBlob()) { try { SqlCommand Cmd = new SqlCommand(); Conn.Open(); Cmd.Connection = Conn; Cmd.CommandText = "Insert into ImageInfo values(@ImageCreatedBy,@ImageCreatedDate,@ImageName)"; Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ImageCreatedBy", txtimgcreatedby.Text); Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ImageCreatedDate", DateTime.Now.Date); Cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@ImageName", fileimg.FileName); Cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(); } catch (Exception ex) { lblInfo.Text = ex.Message; //Delete the Entry from the Blob Immediately DeleteBlob(ViewState["BlobName"].ToString()); } finally { if (Conn.State == ConnectionState.Open) { Conn.Close(); } } }
//Get the Uploaded Data GetInfoFromSqlAzureAndBlob(); } catch (Exception ex) { lblInfo.Text = ex.Message; }}
The above code checks whether the Image is successfully uploaded in the blob if yes then the information about image will be stored in Sql Azure database table. Once the Image information is saved in data table then the information is retrieved from Database and Blob in displayed in the GridView.
Step 9: Run the application and upload the image. You will find the data in the table in Sql Azure and the Image. Its information will be displayed in the GridView as shown below:
Conclusion: To use Storage and SQL Azure effectively to save costs, it helps to store binary data like files on BLOB and other transactional information on SQL Azure
The entire source code of this article can be downloaded over here

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(AP) Pirates fall to Wacha, Cards; NLDS goes to Game 5
By WILL GRAVES
AP Sports Writer
Andrew McCutchen swung as hard as he could, the Pittsburgh Pirates star aiming for the seats in right-center field and the two-run homer that would put his team in the NL championship series.
The ball didn't cooperate. Instead, it floated harmlessly off McCutchen's bat and into the awaiting glove of St. Louis second baseman Matt Carpenter in shallow center field for the final out in the Cardinals' 2-1 victory Monday, sending the NL division series to a decisive Game 5.
"I wish it were a little more of the barrel," McCutchen said. "It would have been a great story."
It was, just not for the Pirates.
St. Louis rookie Michael Wacha baffled Pittsburgh over 7 1-3 dominant innings, allowing just one hit to help the Cardinals fend off elimination yet again and tie it at 2-all.
The NL Central champions are 7-1 over the last three years with their season on the line. Game 5 is Wednesday in St. Louis.
It's the kind of resilience the Pirates are trying to build themselves. Baseball's most surprising playoff team showed during the regular season it could take a punch, shaking off numerous setbacks to win 94 games.
They'll have to do it one more time if they want to reach the NLCS for the first time in 21 years.
"A lot of the guys in the clubhouse have never even been on a winning team, let alone the playoffs," Pittsburgh starter Charlie Morton said. "I really think it's not about where we've been in terms of overall experience but where we are now. I think we've done a great job of that and staying in this thing level headed."
Pittsburgh will need to rely on it after getting handcuffed by a 22-year-old kid barely a year removed from college. Wacha overwhelmed the Pirates with an expert mix of fastballs and changeups that took some of the buzz out of a record crowd at PNC Park, which started the day chanting Wacha's name and ended it shuffling out in silence.
"I guess that's why we play five," McCutchen said. "We'll be ready for the fifth one."
Ace Adam Wainwright will start for the Cardinals and rookie Gerrit Cole is going for the wild-card Pirates. Both pitchers won last week in the NLDS.
Hurdle said he settled on Cole over veteran A.J. Burnett because of Burnett's struggles at Busch Stadium, where he was rocked for seven runs in two-plus innings in the series opener.
"We have one game to win," Hurdle said. "I believe that matchup is the best we can do to beat the Cardinals in Game 5."
Pedro Alvarez hit his third home run of the series, connecting with one out in the eighth for Pittsburgh's only hit. The Cardinals weren't much better, finishing with only three hits, but that was enough. Matt Holliday got two of them, including his two-run homer off Morton in the sixth.
Morton, in the midst of a career renaissance a year following reconstructive elbow surgery, had been pounded by the Cardinals this season, going 0-2 with a 7.90 ERA. Faced with the biggest start of his life, he nearly matched Wacha's run at perfection.
Save for a single to right by Holliday in the first and a walk to Beltran in the fourth, he had no major issues until he pitched around Beltran leading off the sixth. Beltran began the day hitting .333 in the series with a couple of home runs while Holliday had just two hits through three games.
Holliday's second hit in three trips against Morton was more than enough to extend the Cardinals' season. He turned on Morton's fastball and sent it into a helping breeze that left no doubt.
"You could go back and look at pitches over and over again and second guess yourself," Morton said. "I don't know where that pitch was. It was outer third somewhere, thigh-down and he went out and got it, he's strong."
So is Wacha.
Working so quickly the Pirates never had time to get settled, he breezed through Pittsburgh's revamped lineup like it he was in extended spring training, not a pressure-packed elimination game.
Wacha's lone stumble came with one out in the eighth, when Alvarez got the fans roaring with his homer. Russell Martin walked on four pitches to chase Wacha in favor of Carlos Martinez.
Gold Glove catcher Yadier Molina threw out pinch-runner Josh Harrison on a botched hit-and-run and Martinez struck out Jose Tabata to end the eighth.
Rosenthal entered and walked Neil Walker with two outs to set up a showdown with Pittsburgh's MVP candidate. Rosenthal fell behind 3-0 but battled back and sent a cutter to McCutchen that he feels he narrowly missed.
"I felt like he gave me a pitch and I just ran out of barrel a little bit," McCutchen said. "I looked at the film and it looked like it cut a little bit at the end and went right off the end of the bat."
And sent the series right back to St. Louis for a 24th _ and final _ meeting between two teams that have been shadowing each other all summer and into the fall.
NOTES: Alvarez is the first Pirates player to record an RBI in his first five postseason games. … The four combined hits between the two teams was the fewest in Pittsburgh postseason history.
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*[http://www.lifeofchrist.com/teachings/topics/BlasphemyAgainstTheHolySpirit/ Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit] This topic appears three times in the New Testament.
*[http://www.lifeofchrist.com/teachings/topics/BlasphemyAgainstTheHolySpirit/ Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit] This topic appears three times in the New Testament.
*[http://www.theholyspirit.com/HolySpiritPerson.asp Knowing the Person of the Holy Spirit.] Facts about the Holy Spirit.
*[http://www.theholyspirit.com/HolySpiritPerson.asp Knowing the Person of the Holy Spirit.] Facts about the Holy Spirit.
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|The Godhead
| God the Father
God the Son
God the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit (Greek: παράκλητος)[1] is the third person of the Holy Trinity, both distinct and coequal with God the Father and the Son (Jesus).
The Holy Spirit embodies the mutual eternal love of the Father and the Son. The Greek term for the Holy Spirit is "Paraclete", which means advocate or intercessor, thereby connoting a driving force for good.
The apostles credit the Holy Spirit with giving them the courage to spread the good news of Jesus Christ in a very hostile world. Scriptural references to the Holy Spirit are in both the Old and New Testaments, and include Proverbs 8:22-31, John 16:12-15, and Romans 5:1-5.
The essential Christian teachings about the Holy Spirit are summarized in the Nicene Creed:
|I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son]. With the Father and Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the prophets.
The bracketed language in the above will be explained shortly. Christians agree on the following two propositions:
- The Holy Spirit (also known as The Holy Ghost) is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity.
- Though really distinct, as a Person, from the Father and the Son, He is "one in being" with them with Them; being God like Them, He possesses with Them one and the same Divine Essence or Nature.
The Holy Spirit as part of the Holy Trinity is: Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient, Eternal and Equal (to the Father and the Son).
There is a key distinction between Western Christians and the Eastern Orthodox churches on a seemingly trivial, but extremely controversial, point. Western Christians believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds "from the Father and the Son In other words, He proceeds, not by way of generation, but by way of inspiration, from the Father and the Son together, as from a single principle. The Eastern Orthodox omit the italicized language. They believe that the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son. The disagreement between the East and West is sometimes known as the filioque controversy, from the Latin word and enclitic for "and the Son," although such term may more properly apply to the Great Schism of 1054.
In the New Testament the word spirit and, perhaps, even the expression spirit of God signify at times the soul or man himself, inasmuch as he is under the influence of God and aspires to things above; more frequently, especially in St. Paul, they signify God acting in man... to the Holy Ghost we attribute the operations of grace and the sanctification of souls, and in particular spiritual gifts and fruits.[2]
"...for the Father and the Son come with Him when He descends into our souls (John 14:23)."
"He performs a sanctifying work among men (St. Athanasius, 360 AC)."
Invocation of the Holy Spirit
Most powerful Holy Spirit,
come down upon us
and subdue us.
From heaven,
where the ordinary
is made glorious,
and glory seems
but ordinary,
bath us
with the brilliance
of your light
like dew.
- - Celtic Prayer
According to the New Testament, Jesus after His resurrection told His disciples that they would be baptized with "The Holy Ghost", and would receive "Power, after that the Holy Ghost [was] come upon [them]" (Acts 1:4-8). Christians believe that the Holy Spirit, guiding people in the way of the truth, produce positive results, known as the Fruits of the Holy Spirit.
- ↑ παράκλητος in the New Testament (English/Greek) (HTML). La Parola. Retrieved on May 30, 2010. "1c1) of the Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after his ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of the gospel truth, and give them divine strength needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom"
- ↑ Holy Ghost, Catholic Encyclopedia
See also
- Bible
- Christianity
- Christianity in Conservapedia
- Fruits of the Holy Spirit
- In the midst of a Maelstrom: the Holy Spirit and silence: an essay An account of the Spirit's quiet presence and activity
- Seven Spirits of God
- Son of God
- Symbols of the Holy Spirit
External links
- Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit This topic appears three times in the New Testament.
- Knowing the Person of the Holy Spirit. Facts about the Holy Spirit.
- Holy Ghost. Catholic Encyclopedia.


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Here's another photo from our family collection that I like. It's labeled "Pa – George – Jim – Aug, 1940" and shows my great-grandfather mowing his lawn in Bemidji, MN in 1940. He's standing next to my grandfather's brother George, and George's son Jim.
(Click to see a larger version, not cropped).
There's nothing dramatic about the photo, but it tells a little story. Clearly, "Pa" (my great-grandpa) had been out mowing the lawn and George and Jim walked out to pose for a photo with him. Pa looks hot, tired and perhaps just wants to finish up the mowing. His grandson Jimmy just looks tickled to be posing with Dad and Grandpa.
I'm also intrigued by the way that everyone is dressed. Despite being outside on a hot August day in Minnesota, everyone is wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants. Pa's shirt is buttoned all the way up, but he's at least unbuttoned his cuffs. George is wearing a tie and even Jim appears to be wearing some sort of warmer outer shirt.
It's certainly possible that it was a cooler day in August, although our average high for August in Minnesota is 80 degrees F and the average high in September is 71 degrees.
My great-grandpa was 70 years old in this photo, but clearly still mowing his own lawn. The kids had all moved away, but he and my great-grandma still lived in the family home in Bemidji, MN. I wondered at first why he'd be wearing his hat while out mowing the lawn. Was it just his style, to always be this formal? And then I realized that it was probably just to keep the sun off of his head. At 70, his hair was probably already a bit thin on top and so the top of his head would be the first thing to burn in the summer sun.
Here's a closeup of the trio:
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Mary has been with Coker Athletics since January of 1998. She moved here from Wisconsin where she worked as a legal secretary. Originally from the Chicago area, Mary has acquired a wide array of skills from her 40+ years of working in the corporate world. She is the Membership Chair of the local chapter of IAAP (International Association of Administration Professionals), in which she has been an active member for three years. She volunteers her typing skills at the Darlington County SPCA and is also a foster mom for shelter dogs to help relieve the overcrowding.
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At last, House Republicans learn to run for their lives.
Friday, Jan. 20, 2006
About Face: All week long, the Republican Congress has been on a mad dash for salvation. Each of the three men jockeying to replace Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader claims to be the true reform candidate. Six months ago, John McCain's colleagues rolled their eyes whenever he brought up reform at the caucus luncheon; now House and Senate Republicans alike have asked him to help write their lobby-reform proposals. Rep. Bob Ney's golfing junket to Scotland turned out to serve an educational purpose after all.
Now that Democrats have made a big splash with their can-you-top-this reform package, a Washington Post editorial called "A Rush on Lobbying Reform" actually warns that "in their zeal to outbid each other, they will go too far." The Post doesn't elaborate, either because editors couldn't honestly think of a reform that would go too far or because they've been in Washington long enough to know that should be the least of their worries.
Until we see the details, we won't know whether Republicans in Congress have any stomach for real reform or are counting on their leaders to make sure this is only a face-saving exercise. Already, some members have sent smoke signals to be patient and let the reform urge fade.
But the true significance of the current Republican panic isn't the unlikely hope that the GOP has somehow gotten religion on reform. This was a landmark week for another reason: For the first time in nearly a decade, House Republicans are more frightened of the American people than of Tom DeLay.
Coffee Talk: When the Founders designed the House of Representatives, their whole point was to make it responsive to the masses. They were so worried that the people's House would run amok doing what the people wanted that they created the Senate as a saucer to cool the coffee, in Washington's famous phrase to Jefferson.
Tom DeLay turned out to be no Tom Jefferson. He knew his House colleagues' most immediate fear wasn't big government, terrorist attack, or moral decline. Their biggest worry was the one Jefferson intended: losing their seats or losing their majority.
In a profession as volatile as politics, the natural instinct is to insulate oneself from the fickle moods of the electorate. That was DeLay's mission from the start. His K Street Project gave Republicans a bottomless line of credit to finance their campaigns and a lucrative retirement system for members who lost or retired. He helped rewrite district lines in Texas and elsewhere to protect Republican incumbents and pad their majority.
As an instrument of party discipline, DeLay's system worked wonders. No matter how unpopular a bill might be with the voters, he could always twist enough arms to get it passed.
Yet along the way, DeLay and his colleagues forgot the most important lesson Newt Gingrich had taught them in 1994: Accountability to the voters is a blessing, not a curse.
A decade ago, when Democrats held the White House and Republicans the Congress, both parties had to compete to deliver on their promises. In 1996, for example, Washington enjoyed one of its most productive years in recent memory—passing major legislation on welfare reform, the minimum wage, and health care—because Democrats and Republicans couldn't afford to forget the interests of the voters they were supposed to be working for.
It's easy to ridicule Congress for its historic tendency to do nothing for months on end and then hit the panic button when the voters catch on. Yet the trouble with the Republican Congress under DeLay was that it didn't panic enough, and certainly never when the American people did.
One-party rule and the explosive growth of the influence industry have proved to be a deadly combination. For a few members, the comfort of a safe seat may now give way to hard time in a cold, dark cell. For most, a self-perpetuating majority came with a different price: the frustration of not having much to show for their time in Washington.
Five Down, Three To Go: With exactly three years left in the Bush presidency, Republicans still have to sort out the contradictions in big-government conservatism. Even without DeLay, they're still susceptible to the siren song of K Street. But if they decide to let the American people whisper in their ear for a change, they won't regret it.
Around this time last year, Tom DeLay was forcing Congress to try to save a brain-dead woman in Florida. This year, DeLay's implosion may force his colleagues to hear what voters have wanted all along: to pull the plug on the brain-dead politics of Washington. ... 11:28 A.M. (link)
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006
Bob Barr Goes to China: The first thing that struck me about Al Gore's rousing speech in Washington on Monday was that he never got that kind of applause when I was writing his speeches. In my first week on the job in 1985, he teased me about a lame joke in my draft that had drawn blank stares from a trade association crowd. "It wasn't meant as a joke—it was more of a smile," I lamely protested. "Maybe that's why nobody laughed," he said pointedly. On Monday, Gore still wasn't telling jokes, but the crowd at Constitution Hall was roaring its approval.
The second striking thing about the tone of Gore's speech and its reception was how much George W. Bush has morphed in Democratic minds into Richard Nixon. Gore dropped hints about impeachable offenses and recalled that warrantless wiretapping was part of the second article of impeachment against Nixon. As vice president, Al Gore used to joke that if you close one eye and tilt your head, the seal of his office read "President of the United States." On Monday, if you closed one ear and tilted your head, you could almost hear Peter Rodino.
If anyone has earned the right to despise both Richard Nixon and George W. Bush, it's Al Gore. The Nixon White House ended his father's proud career with a smear campaign in 1970. The Bushies made Gore out to be a serial liar in 2000 and in Florida claimed a victory they didn't deserve with a ruthlessness Nixon would envy.
But Gore isn't the only one with Nixon on his mind. Here's how the executive director of the ACLU explained his group's suit against the administration yesterday: "The current surveillance of Americans is a chilling assertion of presidential power that has not been seen since the days of Richard Nixon."
That '70s Show: Dick Cheney deserves a Golden Globe for best director of a period piece. On his watch, the Bush White House has done a masterful job of recreating the 1970s: from rogue intelligence-gathering, energy shocks, and widespread corruption to war protests and fears about Big Brother.
Cheney certainly isn't playing to the crowd. Parents want to relive the '50s; liberals want to relive the '60s; conservatives want to relive the '80s; Has-Beens want to relive the '90s—but nobody wants to relive the '70s.
Yet even the opposition goes along. The nonfiction book atop the New York Times best-seller list is Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter. Carter is simply reprising the most successful role of his career: campaigning against the Nixonian excesses of Washington.
At every stop on the campaign trail in 1992, Al Gore would ask, "What time is it?" The answer then was, "It's time for them to go." The answer now is, "1974."
Executive Privilege: I was a teenage Nixon hater. But I can't help wishing Democrats could shed our Nixon reflex. Nixon and his followers committed a host of sins against democracy: Watergate, "Peace is at hand," the racist Southern strategy, and the first wedge issue, law and order. But perhaps the greatest harm Nixon did Democrats was to make our party lose faith in the presidency. We're still getting over it.
"Nixon's destiny was to carry the logic of the imperial presidency to the point of no return," Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wrote in The Imperial Presidency, his 1973 treatise on the abuse of presidential power. The Nixon White House broke laws, kept secrets, obstructed justice, and trampled civil liberties. Most leaders wrestle with the tradeoff between the ends and the means. For Nixon, the ends and means were the same: his administration abused power simply to hold onto power. And for four years, he not only got away with it, but was rewarded with a 49-state victory.
The anguish of George W. Bush's re-election still pales in comparison to the liberal crisis of faith over watching a crook win the biggest Republican landslide in history. With nowhere else to turn, Democrats learned to love Congress, a branch of government liberals had largely despised well into the 1960s. Democrats also began to depend on the Supreme Court to check the White House, a dependence that would come back to haunt us as we discovered how losing one would eventually cost us the other.
In the 1970s, Democrats passed a number of laws to rein in the executive branch, from campaign finance to CIA and FBI reforms to the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act that Bush skirted in the current flap over domestic spying. Even with Carter in the White House, Democrats were more comfortable with the role of congressional oversight than with presidential leadership. Our heroes were referees and whistle-blowers like Sam Ervin, John Dean, Judge Sirica, and Woodward and Bernstein, not rogues and swashbucklers in the great American tradition of Teddy Roosevelt and John Kennedy.
That was an understandable and necessary reaction to a constitutional crisis that had shaken public confidence in government to its core. But it had unfortunate side effects. Before Nixon came along, Democrats had controlled the White House for 28 of the previous 36 years. After Nixon, many Democrats came to wonder whether the presidency was worth having.
Despite landslide defeats in 1980, 1984, and 1988—or perhaps because of them—Democrats in Washington became far more concerned with holding onto Congress than with taking back the White House. As the first Democratic president to win re-election since FDR, Bill Clinton tried his best to transform Democrats into a presidential party. But to this day, most Democrats think of themselves first as the party that used to control Congress.
It's a paradox: The party with grand ambitions for government is suspicious of the office that could best achieve them, while the party broadly opposed to the use of government power wants to get its hands on as much of it as possible.
For that, we can blame Richard Nixon. By following in Nixon's footsteps, Bush seems determined to make Democrats hate the presidency for another generation. That would be a terrible shame. Under FDR, the Democratic Party virtually invented the sweeping, modern presidency. The success of Democratic presidents like Truman and Clinton was their determination to tame a rotten Congress, not submit to one.
I share Gore's opinion of the current administration and Congress. "The Congress we have today is structurally unrecognizable compared to the one in which my father served," he says. "The legislative branch of government, as a whole, under its current leadership now operates as if it were entirely subservient to the Executive branch."
But in my view, that's not a constitutional crisis—it's an argument for a new Congress. Gore worries that "we have for decades been witnessing the slow and steady accumulation of presidential power." But checks and balances don't have to be a zero-sum game. It is possible to have energy in the executive and energy in the legislative. Indeed, given the obstacles to progress in today's sclerotic political environment, we may need both branches to push the envelope before we can get anything done.
Now More than Ever: We could get by without a strong, assertive presidency in the '70s, but we desperately need one today. As Gore recognizes, we won't win the war on terror with congressional hearings. To win it, we need commanders in chief with panache and integrity, who can inspire confidence at home and abroad, win the respect of our allies, and instill fear in our foes.
On the home front, it will take an unapologetically powerful leader to break Washington from its transactional rut. At the same time, we need a vigorous Congress with a sense of urgency that can hold the executive branch accountable not only for the rule of law but for results.
Al Gore is right that like Nixon, Bush acts like an imperial president. But the best way to curb the imperial presidency isn't for Congress to tie the next president's hands. It's for Americans to elect a new president and Congress who will go all-out to earn the public's trust. ... 2:03 P.M. (link)
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CAP and Gown: For the past few days, Sam Alito must have been kicking himself for ever adding the Concerned Alumni of Princeton to his job application. He never meant to hang out with a bunch of conservative, grumpy old men at college. He just wanted to do that on the Supreme Court.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has wrapped up its investigation of Princeton, unless Sen. Lindsey Graham carries out his threat to get to the bottom of which eating clubs Woodrow Wilson, Donald Rumsfeld, and Bill Frist joined in college. What should concern the Senate most about Alito's Princeton's ties is not that he was a card-carrying member of CAP, but that in the mid-1980s he thought it would help to claim to be one.
Senate Democrats are right to doubt Alito's professed shock to learn that CAP harbored ill will toward women and minorities. Whether or not he was ever a "concerned alum," Alito has long been an active, interested one. His name appears regularly in the alumni notes for the Class of '72. He goes back for reunions every five years and drives up for the Harvard game. He chaired an alumni careers committee even after he became a federal judge.
Moreover, CAP wasn't a secret society—it wore its reactionary nostalgia on its sleeve. No Princeton student or alumnus could get through the 1970s without receiving the group's mailings or reading members' angry letters in the Alumni Weekly.
This Old Man: What set CAP apart wasn't simply its conservatism—compared to other Ivies, Princeton was never a hotbed of liberalism—but that it was conservatism for crotchety old men.
By the time I came to Princeton in the late '70s, no one under the age of 50 had any interest in the issues CAP droned on about, like the folly of co-education. For students, liberal and conservative alike, the biggest complaint was that the place wasn't co-educated enough. We envied other colleges that had moved much more quickly toward the normalcy of having equal numbers of men and women on campus.
As a nerd who steered clear of eating clubs—the book on me as well—Alito had even less connection to CAP's old-world order. After traditionalists lost the battle over co-education, they fought their last stand at the clubs. Alito preferred the company of ambitious pre-laws at the Woodrow Wilson School.
Nor was CAP a rallying point for conservative young Turks. It was more like a political retirement home for alums who had hoped that after all the money they'd given and P-rades they'd walked, Old Nassau could be their Alamo against the '60s.
One of CAP's founders, William Rusher, said as much in an online Q&A this week with the magazine he used to publish, National Review. Asked if he was still "concerned about Princeton," Rusher said:
I will always remember fondly the Princeton I knew, and regret what has happened to it. My old NR colleague Jim Burnham, who was a graduate of the Class of 1933 (or about then), once told me that Princeton had become "just another liberal joint," and I'm afraid it's true.
CAP's real complaint was with growing old. Rusher might as well be Burt Lancaster in the movie Atlantic City, standing on the boardwalk and saying, "You should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in those days."
Prospect Street: So, what was Sam Alito thinking, at the tender age of 35, when he listed a fogeys-only group like CAP as his most impressive conservative affiliation?
It's possible that Alito's conservatism was prematurely gray. Michael Kinsley once described Al Gore in his 30s as an old person's idea of a young person. At Princeton, the serious, no-nonsense Alito must have seemed like a young person's idea of an old person. Alito has admitted that he picked up his conservatism from reading William Buckley and National Review. When Alito warmed to National Review in the mid-1960s, intellectual conservatism was an unabashedly elitist phenomenon. In those days, many of Buckley's conservative rants were often simply wittier, more urbane expressions of the CAP lament, aimed at Yale's decline rather than Princeton's.
The other major influence on Alito's early political thought, his father, was another diehard traditionalist. He didn't allow women who worked for him to wear pants to work, a stand that CAP members would have cheered from their rockers.
But 20 years ago, Sam Alito wasn't wrinkled enough to think that way. More likely, CAP was just the handiest conservative résumé-padding he could find on short notice. As he acknowledged in his testimony, "What I was trying to outline were the things that were relevant to obtaining a political position."
Alito insisted that if he had known what the group stood for, "I would never be a member of an organization that took those views." But on issues from affirmative action to Bob Jones University, the Reagan administration took stands all the time that sounded like CAP—and Alito was eager to be a member.
When Alito took stock of the Reagan Justice Department, he must have drawn the same conclusion as his bright, ambitious rival, John Roberts: You'd never get in trouble with Ed Meese for standing too far to the right.
Now Alito is counting on the fact that the penalty for impersonating a doddering old reactionary is lighter than for actually being one—and that the statute of limitations, like CAP itself, has expired. In the decades to come, he can join Justices Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, and Kennedy in forming a new group of grumps who want to turn back the clock. Call it the Concerned Alumni of Reagan. 11:10 A.M. (link)


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Sometimes, efficiency Is overrated
A recent experience refinancing my house made me think of one of my most memorable classroom experiences. In graduate school, for reasons I've forgotten, I chose a class with the charmless title of "Operations Management."
At one of the first classes, the professor divided the class into four groups. He then gave three of the groups an identical task. Each faced a table on which sat a two-page letter, uncollated, along with a stapler, brochures, envelopes, address labels and stamps.
The professor explained that for the purposes of the scenario, the three groups' members were to consider themselves administrative employees of the school who were helping to respond to inquiries from prospective students. The assignment: Develop a process — basically, an assembly line — for putting the two pages of the school's "response letter" together, then staple and fold the letters, put one into each envelope along with a brochure, then attach an address label and stamp on each envelope and seal it. There were no other instructions or advice.
The three groups huddled individually, leaders emerged and smart minds focused on how best to organize the task. Unspoken was an assumption by all of us that a major goal was to be faster than the other two teams. After a few minutes, the professor asked us to break the huddles and, upon his signal, to go to work.
What ensued was a race, a frenzy of stapling, folding, stuffing and stamp licking. Each of the three groups had developed a slightly different methodology for the process, but all finished within about a minute of each other. The first team to finish, of course, celebrated with high-fives and victory glances at the other two teams.
It had been unclear what the fourth group's task was, but we soon found out.
The professor gave the three stacks of envelopes to the fourth group, which left the room with them. They came back about 15 minutes later with reports that evaluated the work products of the other three teams.
It was quickly apparent that the fourth team represented the prospective students — the school's potential customers. The reports weren't complimentary. Most of one team's address labels were on crooked. A few envelopes from one team lacked stamps, or the stamps were on crooked. Many letters from all the teams were poorly stapled, or the pages weren't aligned or had been folded unevenly. Some envelopes had been stuffed in such a way that when they were opened, the brochure fell out onto the floor.
The professor had some pointed questions for any of us on the first three teams who rolled their eyes indignantly or showed signs of "what difference does it make?" Who did we think was going to get these letters that we were in such a hurry to prepare, he asked. What kind of impression were we creating? What might a prospective student think of a supposedly well thought-of school that provided such a slipshod response? Had any of us, by any chance, proofread the letters or brochure to catch any embarrassing misspellings or grammatical mistakes that might have slipped past others? What, he asked members of the team that finished fastest, were they going to do with that 30 seconds they saved compared to the next team?
The breadth of the lesson unfolded with agonizing clarity. In 50 minutes our teacher had provided us, first, with a short course in the history of the American economy in the late 20th century — how the drive for efficiency and preoccupation with process could obliterate the whole point of the process: The customer.
The lesson also led us to look at unspoken assumptions: Why had we taken for granted that the point of the exercise was to see who could develop the fastest system? Ultimately, the professor led us to an even more fundamental strategic question — was a form letter and a brochure the best way to respond to someone interested in spending thousands of dollars in tuition at the school? Not a single team had considered rejecting the letter/brochure response out of hand and adopting a different approach that might have been a better use of our time as "employees" — a phone bank, for example, to call the prospective students and bring a more personal touch to the recruitment process.
I frequently have reason to recall the class and its lessons. The details of my encounter with the refinancing team at the bank are tedious and of little interest. Suffice it to say that the bank's process was organized totally with an eye toward segmenting the process into manageable pieces of bureaucracy rather than serving the customer — me. The process was impersonal and unaccountable. I dealt with at least four people in three time zones, including a supervisor whom I called after the process broke down.
Even worse, the process turned out not to even be efficient. One bureaucratic segment forgot to tell the next segment it had finished with its part of my application, and what should have taken a week or so took a couple of months. I got my mortgage, but the bank's tactics, ultimately, defeated its strategy. I'm very unlikely to open an account or do any more business there.
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While perusing the new Clipper Magazine, I came across an ad pointing to this and expect that eventually, I may be asked about it.
While I'm certain that since it was developed by NASA, it must be a quality product(or very comfortable to sleep on); being new to the industry, I'm curious as the site apparently does not provide what I consider to be legitimate information and specs for the product. They claim to be a foam product, but offer no R/U values, etc-just a shoddy picture of a piece of the product and promises of huge percentage of increased performance, yada yada....
The heavy sales pitch, quality level of the website(you gotta love how viewers need to scroll horizontally!), mis-spelling of simple words & apparent private labeling of the product give me more reason to give pause. Maybe I'm just a cynic!
Does anyone now what this product is? Where else in the country it may have a different distributor? Experience on pricing and "professional" installations and sales presentations?
Call me cynical, but...Just looking for details that I can present to clients.
Oh-and if you have other "Best things..." that you have come across, feel free to post them here.
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What the hell is that????????? Great web site***********I'm signing up
I am sure you are talking about Aerogel?
It is amazing, but super expensive. Check out the images here: http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/aerogel.html
It is basically see through. Has 40x the R value of Fiberglass or Cellulose. Way too expensive to use currently. Someday it might be the insulator of the future...who knows.
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You sure it's Aerogel? It sounds to me more like Insul-Tarp...
their web design hurts me deep inside
I think it was P.T Barnum that said "There's a sucker born born every minute..." This is another one of those products with fantastic claims but no real testing for backup.
I looked at the entire website and was surprised to note:
There is an Energy Star logo on the site but the only place I see where it might apply is that they install light bulbs.
There is no mention of training in energy efficiency or testing and no certifications in this industry.
There is no real documentation about the product, only claims of greatness.
There is no mention of independent testing of the product.
They list as eligible for 2011 tax credit but provide no documents certifying the product qualifies.
They "guarantee" 57% savings on all utiliry and energy costs. Thjere is no way this product can achive this and when it does not, there is no deep pockets organization standing behind the "guarantee.
This joins other radiant barrier products, power factor correction devices and "install new windows and save 35% of your total heating bill" ads at the top of the list of over hyped products and down right false claims.
Stealing from your header - Maybe we should just install sliced bread as insulation in our attics instead. It would do almost as much good, and we could provide the same guarantee as long as we got paid on the front end for the installation.
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Mar 7, 2009 at 8:34 pm
awesome garage.................................geno
Apr 30, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Thanks for the comment. Keep the rubber on the road, enjoy the time in the saddle
Apr 30, 2008 at 2:43 pm
That cheap gas is only a memory now, right? Ah yes, I do remember when!


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Melanie Balcomb wanted her Vanderbilt Commodores to push the ball inside offensively and focus on defending Taber Spani and Meighan Simmons of Tennessee.
They didn't follow the game plan well at all.
The Commodores outscored No. 9 Tennessee 38-32 in the paint and even grabbed 21 offensive rebounds, but they couldn't keep up with the Lady Vols' top scorers Thursday night in losing 83-75.
"Believe it or not, the game plan in the first half was the same as it was in the second half," Balcomb said. "We just didn't execute the game plan. Get the ball inside, get the ball to the rim. It all worked in the second half. The first half, we took too many outside shots, weren't aggressive and didn't attack enough."
That left Vanderbilt trailing 41-29 at halftime. The Commodores scored the first 12 points of the second half to tie up Tennessee at 41. But that was as close as they would get as the Lady Vols responded by scoring 11 of the next 13 points before hitting 14 of their final 15 free throws in the final 3:49 to seal the win.
"Just can't celebrate when we make a run," Vanderbilt junior guard Christina Foggie said.
Foggie led Vandy with 22 points before fouling out in the final minute, Tiffany Clarke had 19 and Kady Schrann 14.
Spani scored a career-high 24 points and Simmons added 23 as Tennessee (16-3, 7-0) won its ninth straight. The Lady Vols got a measure of payback for losing in Memorial Gym a year ago, their last SEC loss.
"Well, I mean honestly you just want to come in and play your best against a great SEC team," Spani said. "Obviously, this is a great rivalry game. But we also have a lot of respect for Vanderbilt and what they're capable of doing and it's always a great environment."
Simmons said the Lady Vols wanted to send a message as well in this rivalry between SEC schools separated by 190 miles.
"We had to remind ourselves there's only one school in the state of Tennessee, and that's the University of Tennessee," Simmons said. "We wanted to prove that point tonight."
With No. 5 Kentucky losing to No. 18 South Carolina earlier in the night, Tennessee is the Southeastern Conference's last undefeated team in league play. Simmons said that's exactly where the Lady Vols expected to be. Coach Holly Warlick cautioned it's still very early this season.
"But yeah, it's great to be undefeated and be on top of the SEC," Warlick said. "But ... we're not satisfied absolutely."
The Lady Vols have won 11 straight SEC games dating back to the loss here last season. They now have beaten Vanderbilt 25 times in the last 27 games in this series.
Bashaara Graves also had 16 points for Tennessee.
Vanderbilt (13-6, 3-3) lost for the first time at home this season and has lost three of four overall. The Commodores played without 6-foot-4 sophomore Clair Watkins, who tore her left anterior cruciate ligament in practice Wednesday. They still pulled down 21 offensive rebounds despite being outrebounded 46-43.
The Commodores managed to tie the score twice, the second time at 41 after scoring the first 12 points of the second half. The Lady Vols answered with an 11-2 spurt capped by a drive by Simmons with 12:45 to go, and Vanderbilt couldn't get closer than five the rest of the way. Tennessee hit 14 of 15 at the line in the final 3:49 to seal the victory.
The Commodores came in as the SEC's second-best team beyond the arc, shooting 36.4 percent from 3-point range. They shot 21.7 percent (5 of 23) and missed three 3s in the final minutes with a chance to make it a one-score game.
Tennessee had coach emeritus Pat Summitt sitting on the front row behind their bench right beside Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, just her second road trip this season. She watched the Lady Vols do what they usually do in Nashville. The Lady Vols now are 61-8 all-time against Vanderbilt in this in-state rivalry and 24-6 in Nashville.
Spani said having Summitt at the game meant the world.
"We were so excited when we found out she was coming, I was really trying to look for her, and I finally found her before the game," Spani said. "She brings inspiration to our team every time we see her."


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By Daniel Lovering
BOSTON (Reuters) - A man who fled Massachusetts after being convicted of rape 34 years ago and was arrested in Maine last week, has been returned to the state for sentencing, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Gary Irving, 52, was convicted in 1979 in Norfolk Superior Court in Massachusetts for crimes committed the previous year, but fled to Maine after a judge released him so he could make arrangements before the sentencing proceeding.
At the time, Irving was facing a possible life sentence on three counts of rape and three counts of kidnapping, said David Traub, a spokesman for the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office.
Traub said Irving appeared in court in Maine on Monday before being handed over to Massachusetts police, who transported him to Norfolk Superior Court. He said Irving was ordered held without bail and his next court appearance was scheduled for April 12.
Irving became one of the most-wanted fugitives in Massachusetts, and a decades-long manhunt ended on Wednesday night when police arrested him at his home in Gorham, Maine.
He had been living quietly under the assumed name Gregg Irving.
Prosecutors expect Irving to be sentenced on the original rape and kidnapping charges in the coming weeks, the spokesman said.
Police and FBI agents said they discovered numerous guns at Irving's residence and that he will face illegal firearms possession charges and charges of being a fugitive.
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- Europa League round-up
Liverpool out despite win, Chelsea sneak it
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Liverpool produced a superb performance to beat Zenit St Petersburg 3-1 but went out of the Europa League while Chelsea, Tottenham and Newcastle all found a way through to the last-16.
Zenit carried a 2-0 lead into the Anfield leg and just did enough to progress through a 3-3 aggregate scoreline with the away goals weighting enabling their passage.
Their away goal came in the 19th minute through Liverpool's nemesis from the first leg; Hulk. Jamie Carragher, in what turned out to be his last European game for the club, gave the ball away when attempting a back pass to Pepe Reina and the Brazilian stole in.
The Reds then had to score four goals to win the tie. Luis Suarez started the comeback with a low free-kick just before the half-hour mark and Joe Allen added some genuine belief to it, getting on the end of some flowing build-up which Zenit's defence could not deal with.
In tune with the season so far, Suarez was Liverpool's primary danger man and when Carlos Luis Zeto took him down, the Uruguayan had another opportunity.
Steven Gerrard looked like he might have a shot but it went to Suarez and he curled it round the wall and into the goalkeeper's left-hand corner.
Liverpool then had half an hour to find another and if the crowd's enthusiasm was anything to go by, it seemed a sure bet that a fourth goal would come but the final blow never came and Zenit limped through.
Eden Hazard stepped up in injury time to win Chelsea's tie with Sparta Prague 2-1 on aggregate and sneak the Blues into the next round.
Substitute Hazard did what none of his team-mates had managed in the first 90 minutes and cut through Sparta's defence to fire an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net, making it 1-1 on the night.
The tie was heading for extra-time before the Belgian's intervention after David Lafata had scored Sparta's opener. Chelsea were not lacklustre and came into the match with three wins in a row fresh in their memory. Fernando Torres and Moses looked productive as they carved out an early chance and Sparta's goal came against the run of play.
Hazard entered the fray for Oscar on 66 minutes and took his time before popping up to score at just the right time for Rafael Benitez's men.
Moussa Dembele kept Tottenham's Europa League hopes alive in Lyon with an 89th-minute goal from 25 yards to earn a 1-1 draw on the night and a 3-2 aggregate victory.
Maxime Gonalons looked to have won the tie for the Ligue 1 side with a flicked header at Brad Friedel's near post after 18 minutes meaning his side would go through on away goals.
Spurs were wasteful in their effort to draw level as well, Gareth Bale in particular fluffing his lines when Emmanuel Adebayor's cross found him unmarked on 50 minutes.
Before that Lewis Holtby had hit the post with an excellent long-range effort but Dembele went one better when he picked up the ball late on.
After assessing his options he jinked to the left and struck the ball across goal with his left foot, landing it past Remi Vercoutre's despairing dive.
Newcastle's tie with Metalist Kharkiv was settled by Shola Ameobi's 15th European goal and it was possibly the easiest one of the lot, coming from 12 yards after Moussa Sissoko was fouled in the box.
Metalist goalkeeper Oleksandr Goryainov fouled the Frenchman and was nowhere near making amends for his mis-deeds as he dived the wrong way when Ameobi hammered his penalty to the left of the goalkeeper, securing a 1-0 win.
Metalist substitute Willian found himself in a one-on-one with Tim Krul just minutes later but his attempted chip was well blocked by the Magpies stopper.
Krul had to be lively for the rest of the second half as Newcastle were under siege at the OSK Metalist Stadium but he was helped out by his side throwing large numbers behind the ball.


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This spring, two new conservation programs available to Arkansas farm producers can be utilized jointly to provide financial incentives and income to restore marginally productive croplands to a conservation tree practice that inter-plants mixed hardwoods with cottonwoods.
The incentives and income opportunities — one from government resources and the other from private resources — have never before been simultaneously available to Arkansas producers.
The two programs are State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (a new CRP program offered by the Arkansas Farm Service Agency) and a private program called GreenTrees, created by C2I of Virginia.
If a producer's eligible croplands meet the criteria of both programs, the combined incentives will provide 604 freely established trees per acre and net income in the first year.
Income opportunities will be available throughout the life of the programs.
Using the programs to plant hardwoods and re-establish wetlands will create wildlife habitat for such species as migratory birds, deer, turkey, bear, ducks, rabbits, and squirrels and will target many species of great conservation concern.
Reforestation is a primary tool for creating this habitat. The rapid growth rate of the GreenTrees cottonwoods nurses the growth of the mixed hardwoods, and with cottonwood harvests, produces a healthier and valuable forest.
Open enrollment for SAFE should be available soon at county FSA offices. Enrollment will be available on a first-come-first-served basis until 9,700 acres statewide are enrolled.
SAFE offers farmers the opportunity to enroll whole fields in new CRP practices including CP38B-WETLANDS, which includes CP23-Wetland Restoration and CP23A Wetland Restoration (Non-Floodplain), and CP38C-TREES, which includes CP3A-Hardwood Trees and CP31 Bottomland Timber Establishment.
Under SAFE, habitat restoration practices offer an additional 40 percent cost-share Practice Incentive Payment, for a total establishment cost-share of 90 percent, plus a $100 per acre Signing Incentive Payment. The incentive payments are in addition to the producer's annual 10- to 15-year soil rental payments.
The goal of GreenTrees is to restore the Delta through reforestation by helping a producer receive the maximum economic and environmental value from each acre of new trees planted. New income opportunities from carbon and biomass supplies are combined throughout the lease with traditional timber and recreational income opportunities.
GreenTrees also offers substantial payments per acre upfront, assuming the soils are suitable for the healthy growth of hardwood and cottonwood plantings. Such payments are paid directly to the producer within the successful planting and establishment period of the new trees.
The programs offer economic opportunities to landowners who want to plant trees. For example, during the first year, landowners enrolled in both CRP SAFE and GreenTrees can expect to cash flow an estimated $400 or more per acre after expenses of getting the trees established.
In addition, CRP rental payments are made each year for the length of the contract up to 15 years. In addition to and independent of the annual CRP rental payments, producers can receive all income as early as year 10 from cottonwood harvests.
If the landowner wants additional harvest income from the cottonwoods, further harvesting can be take place in years 17 and 25. The emergence of the new biomass markets could make the fast-growing and high-quality timber resource very valuable, much more so than traditional pulp and timber supply.
More income opportunities to the landowner from GreenTrees can be expected from future hardwood harvests, hunting and other recreational land uses, and a share in potential carbon income created from the forest.
Landowners can enroll marginal farmland, clear pastures or cultivated acres in the GreenTrees program separately or in conjunction with their CRP-qualified acres.
Because the cottonwood-hardwood tree regime from GreenTrees is a state-accepted tree-planting practice for SAFE (and other CRP hardwood practices), producers can enroll acres into SAFE through county FSA offices and enroll the same acres into GreenTrees directly through Arkansas-based "Landowner Relations" employees who will work directly with producers to quickly verify whether or not the producer's acres contain soils suitable for the cottonwood/hardwood planting. If they do, NRCS and the county forester will make sure the 302 cottonwoods and 302 hardwoods inter-planting is part of the approved CRP SAFE Conservation Plan.
Many times landowners find themselves needing assistance in establishing trees. The GreenTrees agreement provides landowners additional technical and logistical support. Not only will GreenTrees personnel work directly with USDA and forestry personnel in organizing the CRP Conservation Plan for the combined project, but their forestry personnel will work directly with landowners.
GreenTrees field support includes helping select a suitable tree planter for the establishment work, being on-site during the site prep and tree planting, and monitoring the trees' health and growth during the first and second growing seasons.
Further, they help monitor the project on-site thereafter to ensure the optimum carbon growth and payments into the future to benefit the landowner. The landowner does not pay for any of these services.
A critical point for farmers interested in applying for both programs: they must contact GreenTrees first to determine if they have the eligible soils. A variety of soils, especially in the eastern third of Arkansas, have been identified by Arkansas NRCS as suitable for cottonwoods.
GreenTrees personnel can help a producer quickly determine what kinds of soil are on the producer's proposed acres and whether or not they would meet the criteria for enrolling in GreenTrees.
For more information about CRP SAFE enrollment, farmers may contact their county FSA or NRCS office or me at (877) 972-5438.
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Related Museum: Smithsonian's Museum of African Art
African Voices examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa's peoples and cultures over time through family, work, community, and the natural environment. Included are historical and contemporary objects from the Museum's collections, as well as commissioned sculptures, textiles, and pottery. Video interactives and sound stations provide selections from contemporary interviews, literature, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, songs, and oral epics.
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For the ClassroomDepartment of Anthropology Collections
Middle and high school students and their teachers can search the online collections of the NMNH Department of Anthropology, including African objects. For photos of artifacts and objects, use the advanced search option to narrow your search to entries with pictures.African Voices Exhibition Home
The exhibition homepage is an excellent source for learning about African history and culture. It also includes a learning center, with links to additional online resources.Dread History: the African Diaspora, Ethiopianism, and Rastafari
This online exhibition provides unique insight and information on the origins and development of Rastafari culture, including an extensive collection of photos.


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What are dental implants?
Dental implants are small titanium screws that serve as artificial root replacements. They fit into small holes your dentist prepares in your jawbone. Your own bone tissue fuses to the implant, permanently securing it in place. Dental implants are designed to support tooth restorations (crowns or bridges).
- All ceramic crown
- Gum tissue (gingiva)
- Dental implant
- Tooth root
- Jawbone
Who should consider dental implants?
Patients of all ages are candidates for this procedure. Dental implants are an ideal option for people in good general oral health who have lost a tooth or teeth due to dental disease, injury, or some other reason.
Did you know that ...?
- without the root structure of a natural tooth present the jawbone can shrink, making your face look older than it is
- there are no loose parts to worry about losing
- the dental implant is stable and comfortable
- dental implants are so natural looking it is often difficult to tell them from your natural teeth
- normally, a dental implant will serve its owner for life
While high-tech in nature, dental implants are actually more tooth-saving than traditional bridgework, since implants do not require your dentist to grind down a perfectly healthy tooth or use your existing teeth or neighboring teeth for support. The end result is a beautiful, natural looking smile and a dentition that lets you chew and eat as though you never lost a tooth.


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Horse Times
Horse Times is a complimentary quarterly English magazine established in Egypt in 1997 after years of a growing fascination for horses in the region. It is the only English publication in the Middle East aiming to improve accessibility to services within the dynamics of the equestrian sports industry in the Arab region. After much exposure, it soon became an arena for providing valuable information, essential to the future development of the equestrian sport. With its increasingly versatile and specialized content, Horse Times has been able to raise media awareness of the sport, enable readers to envision the future of the sport through the eyes of businessmen, sponsors, and riders in order to create a venue for freedom of expression, and combine local news and events with the latest on the international field.
Horse Times: Equestrian Magazine,quarterly English magazine. In 2007 we celebrated our 10th anniversary and launched a new look for Horse Times as well as added new sections that were both entertaining and informative; a part of our new goal was to extend more light on how the horse plays an integral part in our civilization; in poetry, in conquests, in art and in concepts of chivalry.
Horse Times is not only Egypt's official equestrian magazine, but also an accredited international magazine with effective and ever-expanding recognition. Moreover, it is distributed to key corporations, riders, breeders, horse lovers and equestrian federations throughout Egypt, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. Additionally, the magazine is hand-delivered to an exclusive subscription base.


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In Vancouver, you never lose sight of the spectacular mountains or the glimmering sea. It is a prosperous city, with flowers adorning the streets and the lush greenery of Stanley Park, the third-largest urban park in the world, beckoning to travellers and locals alike. Museums offer fine collections of dramatic Northwest Native arts. Vancouver's Chinatown is the second largest in the world. Gastown, the waterfront district, recalls the city's colorful past as a premier port since the days of the Clipper ships.Come see the natural beauty of Vancouver, which captured the prestigous title of the 2010 Winter Olympics' Host City.
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An Alaska adventure begins in Anchorage. The majestic mountains, glistening glaciers and crystal-clear streams and lakes beckon for exploration. Explore the rich culture of Alaska's first people and feel their pride. Savor the taste of fresh Alaska seafood. Cosmopolitan Anchorage is a city that has its own symphony and ballet, while offering rugged wilderness only minutes away. Art enthusiasts will enjoy the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, as well as many other galleries. Shoppers will discover unique native Alaskan arts and crafts. Anchorage is the place to tap into your sense of adventure!
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Preserved as a National Monument, Glacier Bay exists as an extraordinary collection of glaciers in a contained region. Only two ships per day are permitted to enter the bay during the summer months, which is when whales come here to feed. Hundreds of years ago, the ice in Glacier Bay fell as snow on the icefields in the mountains above.Compressed by its own tremendous weight, the ice slowly flows through valleys to the sea, where in some cases, it breaks off in great chunks, called "calves", to float free as icebergs and "bergy bits"
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Accessible only by air or sea, Alaska's capital is surprisingly urban and cultured for such a remote destination. When you arrive by sea, you will be greeted dockside by numerous flags and an abundance of summer flowers. For further insight into the Inuit culture and crafts, visit the museum. Take the short drive to Mendenhall Glacier, the only glacier inside city limits! Take a helicopter ride for an amazing aerial view of Juneau and area, or go fishing for silver salmon. Then, just kick back and relax with a cool one at the famous and colorful Red Dog Saloon.
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Ketchikan is the salmon capital of the world. The canneries are busy and the stream below Creek Street's rustic boardwalk bustles with life. Visit the ancient grove of Totem Bight, the largest collection of authentic totem poles anywhere. Make a flight to nearby Misty Fjords--a breathtaking vista of Alaska's unspoiled wilderness and America's newest national monument; or try a little salmon fishing.
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Skagway was born during the great Alaska gold rush. Those were the days when Skagway had 80 saloons and was known as "the roughest town on earth." The city's rip-roaring past will come alive when you walk down Broadway, a main street so authentic it is part of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park! Special shore excursions explore Skagway's fascinating history. Take a train up to White Pass and follow the old path to gold and glory in the Yukon, or take a scenic flight to view the amazing wonders of Glacier Bay National Park.
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Just 90 miles south of the Arctic Circle, Fairbanks is known as the "golden heart" of Alaska. Founded on the banks of the Chena River in 1901, the town's colorful gold-rush history comes to life in its working gold mines and on the riverboat cruise.Shopping includes gold nugget jewelry and Native handicrafts from the Interior, such as beaded slippers and gloves, birch-bark baskets and porcupine quill jewelry.
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College Fjord is truly one of the most visited fjords on Alaskan cruise itineraries. A total of sixteen glaciers line the 20-mile long fjord, all named after renowned colleges on the east coast of the United States. Once you have cruised through the fjord, you can honestly tell people that you went to Harvard, Yale or Wellsley. Perhaps slightly overshadowed by more spectacular glaciers, College Fjord is as scenic as fjords come and won't disappoint avid glacier fans.
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Please note that the staterooms shown below are samples only. Actual cabin decor, details and layout may vary by stateroom category and type.
M1 - Club Class Mini-Suite
A premium stateroom category featuring our best located Mini-Suite staterooms, as well as the great amenities found in all Mini-Suites plus premier dining benefits and luxurious perks. Each night, enjoy Club Class Dining, an exclusive dining area. Other amenities include priority embarkation and disembarkation, a complimentary one-time wine set-up and so much more.
MA - Mini-Suite with Balcony
Private bedroom with a queen-size bed. Sitting room area with sofa bed and balcony for entertaining. Two TV's. Refrigerator. Walk-in closet. Bathroom with tub and shower.
MB - Mini-Suite with Balcony
MD - Mini-Suite with Balcony
ME - Mini-Suite with Balcony
Private bedroom with a queen-size bed. Sitting room area with sofa bed and balcony for entertaining. Two TV's. Refrigerator. Walk-in closet. Bathroom with tub and shower..
S1 - Grand Suite
A Bedroom with a queen-size bed, a separate sitting room with a sofa, and a private balcony are just a few of the amenities included. This beautiful room also features three televisions, a refrigerator and a wet bar, a walk-in closet, and a bathroom with tub.
S2 - Owner's Suite
Accommodations include twin beds which make up into a queen-size bed, separate sitting room with sofa bed, a private balcony, two televisions, a refrigerator with a wet bar, a walk-in closet and a bathroom with tub and shower.
S3 - Penthouse Suite
Twin beds that make up into a queen-size bed. Sitting room area with sofa bed and balcony for entertaining. Two TV's. Refrigerator. Spacious closet. Bathroom with two sinks and tub and shower.
S4 - Penthouse Suite
S6 - Vista Suite
S8 - Two Bedroom Family Suite
Separate seating area with a sofabed, complimentary mini bar set up, CD/DVD player with access to a complimentary DVD library, walk-in closet with personal safe, twin beds that convet to a queen sized bed, two flat panel satellite TVs, refrigerator, writing desk and phone.
B2 - Premium Balcony
Balcony with patio furniture Twin beds that convert to a queen-size bed* Private bathroom with shower Shampoo, conditioner, body lotion 100% Egyptian cotton linens Satellite TV, refrigerator, hair dryer, safe, closet, phone and desk 110V, 60-cycle alternating current (AC) with standard U.S. plug fittings Daily housekeeping service Evening bed turn-down, chocolates on your pillow.
B4 - Premium Balcony
A private balcony is just one of many fabulous features. These categories also include twin beds which make up into a comfortable queen-size bed, a refrigerator and TV, a spacious closet and a bathroom with shower.
BA - Balcony
BB - Balcony
BC - Balcony
BD - Balcony
BE - Balcony
BF - Balcony
OC - Oceanview
Passengers traveling in these accommodations enjoy twin beds which make up into a comfortable queen-size bed, a large picture window, a refrigerator and TV, a spacious closet and a bathroom with a shower (categories E-HH have partially or fully obstructed views).
OE - Oceanview
OF - Oceanview
OV - Oceanview (Obstructed View)
Oceanview staterooms with partially or obstructed views are a great value. They feature a picture window providing natural light and added ambience. You'll find them comfortable and welcoming with all the amenities of an interior stateroom.
OW - Oceanview (Obstructed View)
OY - Oceanview (Obstructed View)
OZ - Oceanview (Obstructed View)
IA - Interior
Ample space and luxurious accommodations await guests in these categories. They'll also find twin beds that make up into a comfortable queen-size bed, a refrigerator and TV, a spacious closet and a bathroom with a shower.
IB - Interior
IC - Interior
ID - Interior
IE - Interior
IF - Interior
4 . Gala Deck
5 . Plaza Deck
6 . Fiesta Deck
7 . Promenade Deck
8 . Emerald Deck
9 . Dolphin Deck
10 . Caribe Deck
11 . Baja Deck
12 . Aloha Deck
13 . Sky Deck
14 . Lido Deck
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A tuckie is a girl around the ages 13-16, usually seen at parties in the greensborough area. A 'Mint Tuckie' is a attractive tuckie.
by brun August 16, 2008
Guys who are so uptight they tuck in their shirts when it's not formally necessary. eg- a job interview or business meeting. Men who think it's proper to tuck in their polo or t-shirt when they're in a casual dress situation. eg- a party.
That neighborhood sucks now, it's full of tuckies.
by ihateyuppies August 07, 2010
A TUCKIE is a selfie where a man tucks his penis for a full body pic (a la "Buffalo Bill"). The tuckie is popular amongst customers of Vagabond Saints/VSTL Vestments (Started by the one called "Mike").
"Dude, I totally got that new Vestment from Vagabond Saints!"
"Right on!"
"I'm about to submit a tuckie in it!"
"Right on!"
"I'm about to submit a tuckie in it!"
by MrWatts June 22, 2014


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Reviewed By Zachary B (UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA) Reviewed for a 2008 Toyota Sequoia —12/1/2013 6:49 PM
Easy to install. It defidently gives smoother throttle resonse. As for HP and MPG gains it may be too early to tell. I need to wait until I take a long freeway road trip. I think there would be a big market for an inexpensive throttle mod all by it self.


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No way! The question is not kite related. Read the rules, Panchito.Ned Divine wrote:My last thread has secured me the first place, whether the answer is yes (by right of having been victim of fraud) or no (in this case it will be a very silly question). I hope that defense and egoism will not undermine justice.
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CRLX101 Advances to Second Stage of Phase 2 Clinical Trial in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
Jan 07, 2013, 08:00 EST
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cerulean Pharma Inc., a leader in designing and developing dynamically tumor-targeted nanopharmaceuticals, today announced that CRLX101 has achieved the pre-defined gating criterion for advancement into stage two of a Phase 2 clinical trial in advanced ovarian cancer. Ten patients were enrolled in stage one of the trial. The first of these patients completed six cycles of therapy without cancer progression, triggering advancement into stage two of the trial in which 19 additional patients will be enrolled.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130107/NE37515LOGO
CRLX101, an investigational nanopharmaceutical that inhibits both topoisomerase 1 and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α, is being evaluated in a five tumor-type clinical development program, including this Phase 2 clinical trial. This signal generating study evaluates the activity of CRLX101 in ovarian cancer patients whose disease has progressed following standard first-line platinum-based therapy. Current approved second-line therapy for ovarian cancer includes the use of the topoisomerase 1 inhibitor, topotecan, which offers limited survival benefit and is compromised by significant toxicity.
The study is being conducted at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and it is led by principal investigator Carolyn Krasner, M.D.
"Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynecologic cancers in the United States with over 20,000 new cases diagnosed per year," said Dr. Krasner. "These women have limited treatment options, and I am encouraged by the results we have observed among the initial 10 patients treated with CRLX101. Four of these 10 women remain on study without disease progression, and the drug has been well-tolerated."
"The first patient to achieve six cycles of progression free survival had previously progressed through two prior lines of chemotherapy, yet investigators observed a 37 percent net reduction in tumor burden, satisfying the criterion for a RECIST partial response. In addition, investigators observed a 72 percent reduction in circulating levels of CA-125, a key prognostic biomarker for ovarian cancer," said Dr. Edward Garmey, M.D., chief medical officer of Cerulean. "We are encouraged by these initial results and we are delighted to be working in cooperation with Dr. Krasner and her colleagues at these four institutions."
About CRLX101
CRLX101 is an investigational anti-cancer agent that is a dual inhibitor of topoisomerase 1 and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α. CRLX101 is a dynamically tumor-targeted nanopharmaceutical designed to concentrate in tumors and release its payload, camptothecin, over an extended period of time, prolonging drug exposure at the site of action. Significant anti-tumor activity has been observed across a wide range of cancers in animal models and in a Phase 1/2a clinical trial. CRLX101 is currently in Phase 2 clinical development. More information on CRLX101 clinical studies can be found at www.clinicaltrials.gov.
About Cerulean Pharma Inc.
Cerulean Pharma Inc. is a clinical-stage company specializing in the development of dynamically tumor-targeted nanopharmaceuticals. Cerulean is applying its proprietary nanopharmaceutical platform to advance a new class of therapeutic agents to address significant unmet medical needs. With an initial focus in oncology, the Company's technology platform can be applied to a wide range of drug molecules, ranging from small molecules to peptides and RNAs. Cerulean is privately financed and funded by experienced healthcare investors, including Polaris Venture Partners, Venrock, Lilly Ventures, Lux Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and CVF, LLC. Cerulean is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For more information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.ceruleanrx.com.
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SOURCE Cerulean Pharma Inc.


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